Papua New Guinea - The Struggle for Development

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.

List of contents

1 Introduction: Papua New Guinea in the international economy 2 The constraints of late development 3 Subsistence and survival 4 An agricultural economy? 5 Fish, forests and sustainable development 6 Mining: the source of economic growth 7 Mobile Melanesians? Population growth and migration 8 Urbanisation, urban life and the urban economy 9 Uneven development 10 The political economy of development 11 Conclusion: neither growth nor development

About the author

John Connell is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. He has written several books and many journal articles.

Summary

Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.

Product details

• Authors: Connell, John Connell, John (The University of Sydney Connell, John (University of Sydney Connell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2016
• EAN: 9781138994744
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99474-4
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia; Routledge Studies in the Growt; Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, International Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies